The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts on the U.S. economy. These are truly unprecedented times that were unforeseen just one year ago. The federal government has designated the heavy/highway construction industry a critical infrastructure operation that must remain working during this pandemic. This is one of the operations that keeps our economy moving in some way to help prevent a collapse of our infrastructure. While this is positive for the highway construction business, the unintended consequence of being deemed essential and working under new federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines has fallen directly at the feet of the companies that employ this workforce.